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Vietnam joins FTSE Russell emerging market index

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... country's economic transformation and efforts to build a deeper and more internationally connected capital market. The World Bank also welcomed the reforms, with Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos country director Mariam Sherman describing the reclassification ...

Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... member, managing investment risk, return, and reputation for boards, members, and stakeholders. Her clients include the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, G20, and several development banks. She has co-authored climate investing reports ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... context of the growing middle class, especially in China, which eradicated extreme poverty in 2020, according to the World Bank. Since 1978, about 800 million people lifted out of abject poverty. "We have this enormous population in the world that can't ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... had a severe public debt problem for some time, with its main creditors being the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This was accrued on the back of rising inflation, high interest rates, floods and uncertainty resulting in protests and ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... strategies aim for both benchmark outperformance and measurable impact. In addition, T. Rowe Price and IFC, a member of the World Bank, announced plans to create a pioneering global blue bond strategy to increase access to finance for blue projects in ...

T. Rowe Price welcomes head of impact fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... strategies aim for both benchmark outperformance and measurable impact. In addition, T. Rowe Price and IFC, a member of the World Bank, announced plans to create a pioneering global blue bond strategy to increase access to finance for blue projects in ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... previously held by Stephen Jones. Mulino's vast experience and academic qualifications, which includes working with the World Bank and the US Federal Reserve and lecturing, look to be a point of difference that make him the ideal candidate. Neil ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... was most recently chair of the House of Representatives Economics Committee. Mulino has previously consulted to the World Bank and the US Federal Reserve and is a former economic adviser to Bill Shorten and former Victorian premier Steve Bracks. He holds ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... of the global population are being crushed by the enormous wealth of a tiny few," Morgain commented. Conversely, the World Bank calculates that the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Another Oxfam poll of 2902 millionaires ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... world in 1978, saw GDP growth average over 9% per year and lift 800 million people out of poverty, according to the World Bank. Whilst GDP growth has cooled in recent years, the US is adamant on containing its biggest rival. The Stockholm International ...
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